Alfredo Coviello

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Cuando España declaró en 1779 la guerra contra Gran Bretaña para ayudar a los Estados Unidos a ganar su independencia, el rey Carlos III le encomendó a Bernardo de Gálvez la difícil misión de recuperar las fortalezas de los ingleses en el Golfo de México, de las que la más importante y mejor defendida era la plaza de Pensacola. Pero cuando Gálvez consiguió desembarcar sus tropas en las inmediaciones de esa plaza, el comandante de la flota, el capitán Calvo de Irazábal, se negó a que sus buques entrasen en la bahía por temor al fuego de las baterías inglesas. Decidido a jugarse ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

El presente trabajo se debe a la pasión con que Solange Alberro se dedicó a recopilar la información, en México, en Estados Unidos y en España, acerca del Tribunal del Santo Oficio. Busca aclarar algunas dudas que impiden comprender realmente el significado de la Inquisición, la importancia de dicha institución en la Nueva España y su relación con la sociedad y el poder.